WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to tap longtime federal and state health official Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after Rochelle Walensky departs at the end of June, according to three people with knowledge of his plans.
If appointed, Cohen would inherit an agency in the midst of assessing its Covid-19 response, including criticisms that it stumbled on test and masking guidance and stoked Americans’ frustration with public health agencies.
While Cohen for the last year has been CEO of Maryland-based Aledade Health Solutions, she spent five years leading North Carolina’s health and human services department and had two stints at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the Obama administration.
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